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5th Semester B.Tech. (Electrical Engineering)
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Syllabus
MODULE-I (10 HOURS)
Introduction to different sources of energy and general discussion on their application to generation.
Hydrology: Catchments area of a reservoir and estimation of amount of water collected due to annual
rainfall, flow curve and flow duration curve of a river and estimation of amount stored in a reservoir
formed by a dam across the river, elementary idea about Earthen and Concrete dam,
Turbines: Operational principle of Kaplan, Francis and Pelton wheel, specific speed, work done and
efficiency.
Hydro plant: - head gate, penstock, surge tank, scroll case, draft tube and tail race, classification of
plants, turbines different heads, plant capacity as a base load and peak load station, power plant
auxiliaries.
MODULE-II (10 HOURS)
Thermal Power: Overall plant components in Block diagrams indicating the air circuit, coal and ash
circuit, water and steam circuit, cooling water circuit; various types of steam turbines, ash and coal
handling system, water tube boiler, fire tube boiler, super heater, economizer, air preheater, dust
collection, draft fans and chimney; condensers, feed water heaters, evaporate and makeup water, bleeding
of steam; cooling water system; Governors, plant layout and station auxiliaries.
MODULE-III (10 HOURS)
Nuclear Power: Introduction to fission & fusion, reactor construction, controlled chain reaction,
operational control of reactors, Brief study of various types of reactors (Boiling water, pressurized water,
sodium graphite, breeder) layout of nuclear power plant.
Electrical System: Different types of alternators, methods of cooling
Excitation system: - Shaft mounted D.C. Generator, elements of static and brush less excitation, field
flashing.
MODULE-IV (10 HOURS)
AVR: - magnetic amplifier and thyristor converter type/DVR. Main transformer, unit transformer and
station reserve transformer, commissioning tests of alternators and transformers.
Choice of size and number of generating units: Review of the terms maximum demand, load factor,
diversity factor, plant capacity and use factor, load & load duration curve and their effect on the
generating capacity. Reserve units (hot, cold and spinning- reserve), Effect of power-factor on the
generating capacity and economy, Different types of power tariffs, Brief idea about national grid and its
operational problems.
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Table of Contents
Syllabus ................................................................................................................................................. 3
List of Tables ........................................................................................................................................ 8
List of Figures ....................................................................................................................................... 9
Module-1 .............................................................................................................................................12
Introduction .....................................................................................................................................12
Sources of Energy ...........................................................................................................................12
Installed Capacity in India..............................................................................................................13
Hydro Power Potential....................................................................................................................14
Hydrology........................................................................................................................................15
Objectives of Hydrology ............................................................................................................15
Various terms related to Hydrology...........................................................................................15
Site Selection for Hydropower Plants ...........................................................................................17
Types of Dams ................................................................................................................................18
Classification of Hydropower Plants ............................................................................................20
Components of a HPP.....................................................................................................................21
Hydraulic Turbines .........................................................................................................................28
Types of Hydraulic Turbines......................................................................................................28
Specific Speed (Ns) .....................................................................................................................33
Runaway Speed ...........................................................................................................................33
Turbine Setting ............................................................................................................................33
Governing of Hydraulic Turbines ..............................................................................................34
Hydro Power Plant Auxiliaries ......................................................................................................35
Hydro Power Plant Layout .............................................................................................................36
Numerical Problems on Hydro Power Plants................................................................................37
Module-2 .............................................................................................................................................39
Laws of Thermodynamics ..............................................................................................................39
Principle of Operation of Thermal Power Plants ..........................................................................40
Thermal Power Plant Resource ......................................................................................................42
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List of Tables
Table 1: Installed Capacity as on 30-11-2014 .................................................................................................13
Table 2: Impulse and Reaction Turbines .........................................................................................................28
Table 3: Comparison of Turbines .....................................................................................................................28
Table 4: Coal Classification ..............................................................................................................................42
Table 5: Jet and Surface Condensers................................................................................................................65
Table 6: Comparison of PWR and BWR .........................................................................................................91
Table 7: Hydro and Turbo generators ..............................................................................................................98
Table 8: AC versus brushless excitation ........................................................................................................106
Table 9: Operating Reserves ...........................................................................................................................121
Table 10: Grids in India ..................................................................................................................................124
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List of Figures
Figure 1: Earth and Rockfill Dam ....................................................................................................................18
Figure 2: Arc Dam .............................................................................................................................................18
Figure 3: Arc Gravity Dam ...............................................................................................................................19
Figure 4: Schmatic of a Hydropower Plant .....................................................................................................21
Figure 5: Forebay ..............................................................................................................................................22
Figure 6: Forebay with Penstock ......................................................................................................................23
Figure 7: Penstocks ...........................................................................................................................................23
Figure 8: Surge Tank .........................................................................................................................................24
Figure 9: Elbow Type Draft Tube ....................................................................................................................25
Figure 10: Straight conical type draft tubes .....................................................................................................25
Figure 11: Scroll Casing ...................................................................................................................................26
Figure 12: Tail race ...........................................................................................................................................26
Figure 13: A switchyard under construction ...................................................................................................27
Figure 14: Kaplan Turbine ................................................................................................................................29
Figure 15: Kaplan Turbine ................................................................................................................................29
Figure 16: Francis Runner ................................................................................................................................30
Figure 17: Francis Runner ................................................................................................................................30
Figure 18: Francis Runner ................................................................................................................................31
Figure 19: Francis Runner ................................................................................................................................31
Figure 20: Pelton Turbine .................................................................................................................................32
Figure 21: Pelton Turbine .................................................................................................................................32
Figure 22: Governing Mechanism ....................................................................................................................34
Figure 23: Power House Layout .......................................................................................................................36
Figure 24: Carnot Heat Engine .........................................................................................................................40
Figure 25: Carnot Cycle ....................................................................................................................................40
Figure 26: Carnot Cycle ....................................................................................................................................41
Figure 27: Rankine Cycle .................................................................................................................................41
Figure 28: Rankine Cycle and Thermal Power Plants ....................................................................................45
Figure 29: Schematic of a Thermal Power Plant-2 .........................................................................................46
Figure 30: Schematic of a Thermal Power Plant-3 .........................................................................................46
Figure 31: Block diagram of coal handling plant ............................................................................................48
Figure 32: Coal Storage ....................................................................................................................................48
Figure 33: Crushing Plant .................................................................................................................................49
Figure 34: Processes in Coal Handling Plant ..................................................................................................49
Figure 35: Impact Crushers...............................................................................................................................50
Figure 36: Attrition Crusher .............................................................................................................................50
Figure 37: Compressor Crusher........................................................................................................................51
Figure 38: Shear Crusher ..................................................................................................................................51
Figure 39: Draught System ...............................................................................................................................54
Figure 40: Fire Tube Boiler ..............................................................................................................................55
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Module-1
Introduction
Loads
Concept of MW, MWh, Units, Million Units (MU)
Structure of Power System
Power Generation
Concept of Frequency
Prime movers and Generators
Salient Pole and Cylindrical type Alternators
Sources of Energy
How can we keep providing humankind with energy-derived advantages without damaging
the environment, affecting societal stability or threatening the wellbeing of future generation?
Sustainable energy can be thought of as a living harmony between the equitable availability
of energy sources to all people and the preservation of earth for future generations.
Electricity is an intermediate energy product that is made from primary energy sources.
Power is the rate of energy exchange between two systems.
The various sources of energy in the Indian context are as follows. As is obvious, the major
source of generation is coal based thermal power plant. Thermal, nuclear and hydro powers
are known as conventional energy sources which is the subject matter of this course.
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Source
Subtype
Capacity (MW)
Thermal
Coal
153571
Gas
22971
Diesel
1199
Total
177742
Nuclear
4780
Hydro
40798
RES
Wind
21136
Solar
2632
Biopower
4119
Remarks
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This energy is converted to shaft work when the water falls through a vertical distance.
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Hydrology
Hydrology deals with occurrence and distribution of water over and under earths surface.
Surface Water Hydrology
Ground Water Hydrology
Watershed, catchment area or drainage area: length of the river, size and shape of the
area it affects, tributaries, lakes, reservoirs etc.
Investigation of run-off for past few years is required for power potential studies of a HPP.
Objectives of Hydrology
To obtain data regarding the stream flow of water that would be available,
To calculate the mean annual rainfall in the area under consideration from a record of the
annual rainfall for a number of years, say 25 to 30
Hydrograph:
shows the variation of stream flow in m3/s with time for a particular river site. The
time may be hour, week, month or a year.
The area under hydrograph gives the total volume of flow
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Mass curve
indicates the total volume of run-off in cubic meters up to a certain time.
the slope of the curve at any point shows the rate of flow at that time
Used for estimating the capacity of storage reservoir
Storage:
to ensure water availability during deficient flow and thus increasing the firm
capacity
Storage also results in more energy production
Pondage:
Storing water in small ponds near the power plant as the storage reservoir is away
from plant
To meet the power demand fluctuations over a short period of time e.g. 24 hours
Maximum flow estimation: gives estimation of floods and helps in design of dam and
spillway.
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Head of Water: most economic head, possibility of constructing a dam to get required head
Access to Site: for transportation of construction material and heavy machinery new railway
lines or roads may be needed
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Types of Dams
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According to Load:
1. Base load plants
2. Peak load plants
3. Pumped storage plants
According to head:
1. High head plants (>100m)
2. Medium head plants (30-100 m)
3. Low head plants (<30 m)
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Components of a HPP
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Intake
Contains trash racks to filter out debris which may damage the turbine
Forebay
Enlarged body of water just above the intake
Figure 5: Forebay
Conduits
Headrace is a channel which lead the water to the turbine
Tailrace is a channel which carries water from the turbine
A canal is an open waterway excavated in natural ground following its contour.
A flume is an open channel erected on a surface above ground.
A tunnel is a closed channel excavated through an obstruction.
A pipeline is a closed conduit supported on the ground.
Penstocks are closed conduits for supplying water under pressure from head pond to the
turbines.
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Figure 7: Penstocks
Surge Tank
A surge tank is a small reservoir in which the water level rises or falls to reduce the pressure
swings so that they are not transmitted to the penstock.
Water Hammer
o Load on the turbine is suddenly reduced
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Tailrace:
A tailrace is required to discharge the water leaving the turbine into the river.
The design of the tail race should be such that water has a free exit.
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Power House
1. Hydraulic turbines
2. Electric generators
3. Governors
4. Gate valves
5. Relief valves
6. Water circulation pumps
7. Air ducts
8. Switch board and instruments
9. Storage batteries
10. Cranes
Switchyard
1. Step up transformers
2. Instrument transformers
3. Transmission lines
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Hydraulic Turbines
Types of Hydraulic Turbines
Reaction
Flow of water takes place in a closed conduit
system
Part of P.E. is converted into K.E. and part into
pressure energy
Water flows in a closed conduit system and
turbines are submerged in water
Water falls through a draft tube
Head (m)
30 to 70
40 to 400
>400 m
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Ns =
Higher the specific speed for a given head and power output, the lower the cost of installation
as a whole.
Example:
Find out the specific speed of a turbine of 10 MW capacity working under a head of 500m and
having the normal working speed of 300 RPM.
Solution:
Ns = 300x sqrt (10000) / 500^(1.25) = 12 rpm in (m-kW)
Runaway Speed
It is the maximum speed at which a turbine would run under the worst conditions of operation
i.e. with all gates open so as to allow all possible water inflow under maximum head and
corresponding to the condition of the load being suddenly thrown off from the generator.
Turbine Setting
Height of the turbine from the tailwater level is known as turbine setting.
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Air bubbles are formed on the turbine, if there is no proper turbine setting leading to air
cavity and can damage turbine blades.
N = 120f/P implies speed of the generator can be maintained at a constant level only when
the speed of the turbine is constant.
The function of the governor is to regulate the quantity of water flowing through the runner
in proportion to the load. Thus the governing mechanism maintains the speed of the runner at
a constant level at all loads.
For reaction turbines, the governor controls the guide vanes and wicket gates. For impulse
turbines, the governor controls the spear and nozzle.
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Discharge
Week
Discharge
100
800
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200
600
300
1000
1200
10
600
600
11
400
900
12
200
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Module-2
Laws of Thermodynamics
Zeroth Law:
Temperature measurement
thermal equilibrium
First Law:
Second Law:
Third Law:
A system cannot be reduced to absolute zero (-273 0C by a finite number of operations)
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India has large deposit of coal (about 170 billion tonnes), 5th largest in world.
Power generation from coal can be estimated by means of its calorific value kCal/kg or
kJ/kg.
kJ/kg
kWh/kg
kCal/kg
Peat
8000
28800000
1912
Lignite
20000
72000000
4780
Bituminous
27000
97200000
6453
Anthracite
30000
108000000
7170
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Climate: Parameters such as temperature, humidity, wind direction and speed affect the
productivity of a power plant and always should be taken into account.
Land cover: Some land cover types such as forests, orchard, agricultural land, pasture are
sensitive to the pollutions caused by a power plant. The effect of the power plant on such
land cover types surrounding it should be counted for.
Area size: Before any other consideration, the minimum area size required for the
construction of power plant should be defined.
Distance from airports: Usually, a power plant has high towers and chimneys and large
volumes of gas. Consequently for security reasons, they should be away from airports.
Archeological and historical sites: Usually historical building are fragile and at same
time very valuable. Therefore the vibration caused by power plant can damage them, and a
defined distance should be considered.
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Stacking Process:
This process involves in dead storage in the form of piles laid directly in the ground. In case
of road transport and aerial transport coal are unloaded in stack yard and the coal is stacked
properly using dozers.
When coal supply by railway is excess it would be stacked through a separate conveyor. For
these purpose stacker or telescopic chutes are used.
Reclaiming Process:
The stored coal is required to bunkered in case of emergency or improper coal supply. The
reclaiming process involves the lifting of coal from stack yard by means of dozer or
reclaimer like bucket wheel.
The dozer feed this coal in hopper. This process is simple process. This process is simple.
The main object of this process to bunker crush coal or non-crush coal as per requirement of
bunker to support the other process feeding.
Bunkering Process:
This process involves feeding of bins and maintaining the level of these bins. From the
conveyor belt the coal is discharged into bunker or bins with the help of trippers.
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Draught System
The combustion in the boiler requires supply of sufficient quality of air and removal of
exhaust gases
The Circulation of air is caused by difference of pressure is known as draught. Thus draught
is the differential in pressure between the two points.
A draught tube may be
1. Natural Draught
2. Mechanical Draught
Natural Draught
A natural Draught is provided by the chimney or stack.
Natural draught has its limitation . Modern plants has high rate of heat transfer and Draught
losses are very high. in view of this Natural draught is used only for small boilers.
Mechanical Draught
Modern large size plants use very large size of boilers of capacity above 1000,000 kg per
hour. such boiler needs tremendous volume of air (around 200000 m3) Per minute. A
chimney providethis.Therefore mechanical draught is used.
In a mechanical draught the system the movement air is due to the action of fan. A
mechanical Draught consist of forced Draught or induced draught or both.
In forced draught system the fan is installed near the boiler .the fan force the air through the
furnace , economizer, air preheater and chimney. The pressure of air, throughout the system,
is above atmospheric and air is forced to flow through the system
In an induced draught system the , the fan is installed near the base of the chimney .The burnt
gases are sucked out from the boiler , thus reducing the pressure inside the boiler. to less than
atmosphere. this induces fresh air to enter the furnace.
A mechanical Draught need additional capital investment and maintenance .But it required
for proper operation of modern power plant. In super thermal power plant , each boiler may
used two forced fans and two induced fan.
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Boiler
A boiler (or steam generator) is a closed vessel in which water, under pressure , is converted
into steam. The heat is transferred to the boiler by all three modes of heat transfer i.e.
conduction ,convection and radiation.
Major types of boilers are: (i) fire tube boiler and (ii) water tube boiler
The boiler is named so because the production of combustion pass through the tubes which
are surrounded by water.
Depending on whether the tube is vertical or horizontal the fire tube boiler is divided into
two types
Vertical tube boiler
Horizontal tube boiler
A fire tube boiler is simple ,compact and rugged in construction. Its initial cost is low.
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In this boiler, the water flows inside the tubes and hot gases flow outside the tube .
Water tube boiler are classified as
Vertical tube boiler
Horizontal tube boiler
Inclined tube boiler
The circulation of water in the boiler is may be natural or forced.
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Reheater
In addition to super heater modern boiler has reheater also. The function of the reaheater is to
superheat the partly expanded steam from the turbine, this ensure that The steam remain dry
through the last stage of the turbine.
A reheater may be convention type, radiant type or combination.
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Economizer
Boilers are provided with economizer and air pre-heaters to recover heat from the flue gases.
An increase of about 20% in boiler efficiency is achieved by providing both economizer and
air pre-heaters.
Economizer alone gives only 8% efficiency increase. The feed water from the high pressure
heaters enters the economizer and picks up heat from the flue gases after the low temperature
superheater.
Economizer can be classified as an inline or staggered arrangement based on the type of tube
arrangement.
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Air Preheaters
After the flue gases leave economizer, some further heat can be extracted from them and is
used to heat the incoming air for combustion.
Air preheaters may be of following types:
Plate type
Tubular type
Regenerative type
Cooling of flue gases by 200increase the efficiency of the plant by 1%.
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Steam Turbines
Steam entering from a small opening attains a very high velocity. The velocity attained
during expansion depends on the initial and final content of the steam.
The difference in initial and final heat content represent the heat energy to be converted to
kinetic energy.
Reaction
High speed
Low speed
Two types of compounding are used: velocity compounding and pressure compounding
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Condensers
The function of the condenser is to condense the steam exiting the turbine.
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Deaerators
A deaerator is a device that is widely used for the removal of oxygen and other dissolved
gases from the feedwater to steam-generating boilers.
In particular, dissolved oxygen in boiler feedwaters will cause serious corrosion damage in
steam systems by attaching to the walls of metal piping and other metallic equipment and
forming oxides (rust).
There are two basic types of deaerators,
1. the tray-type an
2. the spray-type
The tray-type (also called the cascade-type) includes a vertical domed deaeration section
mounted on top of a horizontal cylindrical vessel which serves as the deaerated boiler
feedwater storage tank.
The spray-type consists only of a horizontal (or vertical) cylindrical vessel which serves as
both the deaeration section and the boiler feedwater storage tank.
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Water is led into the plants by means of circulating water pumps and after passing through
the condenser is discharged back into the river.
If such a source is not available closed cooling water circuit is used where the warm water
coming out of the condenser is cooled and reused.
In such cases ponds and cooling towers are used where the water loses heat to the
atmosphere.
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( 2000MW)
The ash may be---- Fly Ash ( Around 80% is the value of fly ash generated)
Bottom ash (Bottom ash is 20% of the ash generated in coal based power
stations.
Fly Ash
Ash generated in the ESP which got carried out with the flue gas is
generally called Fly ash. It also consists of Air pre heater ash &
Economizer ash (it is about 2 % of the total ash content).
Bottom ash
Ash generated below furnace of the steam generator is called the bottom
ash.
The operation of ash handling plants is.
Removal of ash from the furnace ash hoppers
Transfer of the ash to a fill or storage
and disposal of stored ash
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The modern ash handling system usually used in large steam power plants are .
Belt conveyor system
Pneumatic system
Hydraulic system
Steam jet system
Pneumatic system
In this system air is employed as a medium to driving the ash through a pipe over along
distance.
This system can handle 5-30 tonnes of ash per hour
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Hydraulic system
In this system a stream of water carries ash along with it in a closed channel and disposed it
off to the proper site.
It is of two types high pressure system and low pressure system.
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Electrostatic Precipitators
An electrostatic precipitator (ESP), or electrostatic air cleaner is a particulate collection
device that removes particles from a flowing gas (such as air) using the force of an induced
electrostatic charge.
the basic idea of an ESP:
Charging
collecting.
removing
Every particle either has or can be given a chargepositive or negative.
we impart a negative charge to all the particles in a gas stream in ESP.
Then a grounded plate having a positive charge is set up.
The negatively charged particle would migrate to the grounded collection plate and be
captured.
The particles would quickly collect on the plate, creating a dust layer. The dust layer would
accumulate until we removed it.
The structural design and operation of the discharge electrodes (rigid-frame, wires or plate)
and collection electrodes.
tubular type ESP
plate type ESP
The method of charging
single-stage ESP
two-stage ESP
The temperature of operation
cold-side ESP
hot-side ESP
The method of particle removal from collection surfaces
wet ESP
Dry ESP
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Module-3
Nuclear Reactions
Basics
Atoms with nuclei having same number of protons but difference in their masses are called
isotopes. They are identical in terms of their chemical properties but differ with respect to
nuclear properties.
92U
235
The sum of masses of protons and neutrons exceeds the mass of the atomic nucleus and this
difference is called mass defect m.
In a nuclear reaction the mass defect is converted into energy known as binding energy
according to Einsteins equation (E=m c2).
It has been found that element having higher and lower mass numbers are unstable. Thus the
lower mass numbers can be fused or the higher mass numbers can be fissioned to produce
more stable elements.
This results in two types of nuclear reactions known as fusion and fission.
The total energy per fission reaction of U235 is about 200 MeV.
Fuel burn-up rate is the amount of energy in MW/days produced by each metric ton of fuel.
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Nuclear Fission
Nuclear fission is the reaction by which a heavy nucleus (that is one with a high value of Z) is hit
with a small particle, as a result of which it splits into two (occasionally more) smaller nuclei.
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Nuclear Fusion
Fusion is the opposite of fission, it is the joining together of two light nuclei to form a heavier
one (plus a small fragment). For example if two 2H nuclei (two deuterons) can be made to come
together they can form He and a neutron.
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Magnox Reactors
Of the six main commercial reactor types, two (Magnox and AGR) owe much to the very
earliest reactor designs in that they are graphite moderated and gas cooled. Magnox reactors
were built in the UK from 1956 to 1971 but have now been superseded.
The Magnox reactor is named after the magnesium alloy used to encase the fuel, which is
natural uranium metal. Fuel elements consisting of fuel rods encased in Magnox cans are
loaded into vertical channels in a core constructed of graphite blocks.
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In order to improve the cost effectiveness of this type of reactor, it was necessary to go to
higher temperatures to achieve higher thermal efficiencies and higher power densities to
reduce capital costs.
This entailed increases in cooling gas pressure and changing from Magnox to stainless steel
cladding and from uranium metal to uranium dioxide fuel. This in turn led to the need for an
increase in the proportion of U235 in the fuel. The resulting design, known as the Advanced
Gas-Cooled Reactor, or AGR
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which uses enriched (about 3.2% U235) uranium dioxide as a fuel in zirconium alloy cans.
The fuel, which is arranged in arrays of fuel "pins" and interspersed
with
the
movable
control rods, is held in a steel vessel through which water at high pressure (to suppress
boiling) is pumped to act as both a coolant and a moderator.
The high-pressure water is then passed through a steam generator, which raises steam in the
usual way.
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away
with
the
steam
Water
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BWR
Advantages
Advantages
to heat exchanger
much higher
increase
Disadvantages
Disadvantages
operation
exchanger
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"thermal"
reactors,
235
the enrichment levels used in the fuel for such reactors, however,
numbers of atoms present are U238, which
by
using
far
the
largest
Consequently, when these atoms absorb an extra neutron, their nuclei do not split but are
converted into another element, Plutonium.
Plutonium is fissile and some of it is consumed in situ, while
fuel together with unused U235.
product wastes and recycled to reduce the consumption of uranium in thermal reactors by up
to 40%, although clearly thermal reactors still require a substantial net feed of natural
uranium.
It is possible, however, to design a reactor which overall produces more fissile material in the
form of Plutonium than it consumes. This is the fast reactor in which the neutrons are
unmoderated, hence the term "fast".
The physics of this type of reactor dictates a core with a high
typically around 20%, and made of
fissile
concentration,
process. This material is referred to as fertile, because it converts to fissile material when
irradiated during operation of the reactor.
The successful development of fast reactors has considerable
because they have the potential to increase the energy available from a given quantity of
uranium by a factor of fifty or more, and can utilise the existing stocks of depleted uranium,
which would otherwise have no value.
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Advantages of NPPs
1. Reduces demand for fossil fuels
2. Quantity of nuclear fuel is much less: thus reducing transport and resulting costs
3. Area of land required is less: compared to a conventional plant of similar capacity
4. Production of fissile material
5. Location independent of geographical factors: except water requirement
Disadvantages of NPPs
1. Not available for variable loads (load factor-0.8): as the reactors cannot be controlled to
respond quickly
2. Economical reason should be substantial
3. Risk of leakage of radioactive material
4. Further investigation on life cycle assessment and reliability needs to be done
5. Perception problems
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Units
Capacity
Established
Tarapur,
BWR
160x2,
1969, 2005,
540x2
2006
110x1,
1973, 1981,
200x1,
2000, 2010
Maharashtra
Rawatbhata,
PHWR
Rajasthan
220x4
Kalpakkam,
PHWR
220x2
1984, 1986
Narora, UP
PHWR
220x2
1991, 1992
Kakrapar,
PHWR
220x2
1993, 1995
PHWR
220x4
2000, 2007,
Tamil Nadu
Gujarat
Kaiga,
Karnataka
2011
Kundankulam,
VVER-
Tamil Nadu
1000
1000x1
2013
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Country
Capacity
(MW)
% Share in
Electricity production
United States
102136
19 %
France
63130
75 %
Japan
44215
18 %
Russia
23643
18 %
South Korea
20739
30 %
Canada
14135
15 %
Ukraine
13107
46 %
China
12086
2%
Germany
12068
16 %
10
UK
9938
18 %
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Types of Alternators
Table 7: Hydro and Turbo generators
Hydrogenerator
Low speed (50-500 RPM)
Arrangement: Impulse: Horizontal; Reaction:
Vertical
Salient pole construction
Damper windings provided
Direct axis and quadrature axis reactances
Air cooled
Turbogenerator
High speed (1500/3000 RPM)
Always horizontal
Cylindrical construction
No damper windings needed
Synchronous reactances
Hydrogen cooled
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Air is drawn into the generator by means of fans and is circulated inside.
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Excitation Systems
Function
The alternators are provided with shaft or gear mounted exciters for providing dc excitation
to their field windings.
For a large alternator the main exciter is a separately excited dc machine supplied by a pilot
exciter.
Exciter Design
Excitation power required for large turbo-generators is of the order of 0.4-0.5% of the
generator rating .
The advantage of using pilot exciter is to improve voltage response to changes of the field
current.
Rated current must not be less than 110% of rotor current for rated generator output.
Rated voltage must not be less than 110% of the slip ring voltage for rated generator output.
The exciter voltage is generally 230V.
ceiling voltage must not be less than 120 percent of rated slip ring voltage .
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DC Excitation System
The pilot exciter is a d.c shunt machine. The main exciter is a d.c shunt machine with a
number of control field windings .
The main and pilot exciters are coupled to the main generator shaft.
A d.cmotor drives an amplidyne or rotating amplifier which is cross field machine. It has a
number of control windings.
The voltage transformers secondaries supply AVR and magnetic amplifier circuits.
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AC Excitation System
Rectifier is rotating
and brushes
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The supply of power to the rectifier is from the main generator through the station auxiliary
bus, using step down transformer.
The rectifier output is fed directly to the field of the main generator by means of slip rings.
There can be two arrangements:
o Power to the excitation using voltage only
o Using voltage as well as current from main generator
Field flashing: from battery bank, initial supply is given for starting up the alternator.
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Module-4
Automatic Voltage Regulators
Functions
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Construction
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
Operation
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Type of Load
Domestic Load
Industrial Load
Commercial Load
Municipal Load
Traction Load
Irrigation Load
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Important Terms
Demand Factor
=sum of maximum demand of a consumer group / demand of the consumer group at the time of
maximum demand
Load Factor
Capacity Factor
Utilization Factor
Load Curve:
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It is the rearrangement of all the load elements of a load curve in a descending order plotted as a
function of time.
Mass Curve
It gives the total energy used by the load up to each hour of the day.
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Operating Reserves
How much generating capacity should be committed and how much should be left for future
expansion?
In electricity networks, the operating reserve is the generating capacity available to system
operator within a short interval of time to meet the changing demand or in case a generator is
out of service.
Non-spinning Reserve
(Hot Reserves)
(Cold Reserves)
It is the extra generating capacity that is It is the reserve which can be brought ONLINE
available by increasing the power output of the after a short delay. It also includes imported
generator that are already connected to power power.
system.
In other words, it is the unloaded generation In other words, cold reserve is the reserve
i.e. synchronized and ready to serve the generating capacity that is available for service
additional demand.
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Tariffs
Objectives
Capital recovery
A = c*x + d*y + f
Where
A= total amount of bill for a certain period
x=maximum demand during a period (kW or kVA)
y= total energy consumed during the period in kWh
c=unit charge for maximum demand (Rs/kWh or Rs/kVA)
d=unit cost of energy (Rs/kWh)
f= constant charge
A=d1*y1 +d2*y2 +
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Spot Pricing
The spot price is published by the pricing manager for each point of connection on the
national grid.
The electricity market uses spot electricity prices for each trading period to schedule
available generation so that the lowest cost generation is dispatched first.
It is a frequency based pricing mechanism for electric power. The ABT falls under electricity
market mechanisms to charge and regulate power to achieve short term and long term network
stability as well as incentives and disincentives to grid participants against interruption in
committed supplies.
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National Grid
Table 10: Grids in India
From 2006, all the northern grids connected to form central grid
Since 2013, the southern and central grid unified, but not fully.
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References
[1] http://www.cea.nic.in/installed_capacity.html
[2] Generation of Electrical Energy by B. R. Gupta, S. Chand Publications
[3] Elements of Electrical Power Station Design by M.V. Deshpande, PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.
[4] A Course in Electrical Power by J. B. Gupta, Katson Publishers
[5] Power Plant Engineering by P. K. Nag, McGraw Hill Education (India) Pvt. Limited
[6] Power Plant Engineering by R. K. Rajput, Laxmi Publications Pvt. Ltd
[7] IEEE Guide for Transformers directly connected to Generators, IEEE Std C57.116-2014
(Revision of IEEE Std C57.116-1989)
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